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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?
(a) That they would have immediate backup.
(b) That it was inevitable that bad things were about to happen.
(c) That they were all in it together.
(d) That modern medicine was a blessing.

2. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?
(a) He lied about his age to enlist.
(b) He was accused of aiding the enemy.
(c) He refused to go into a burning ship.
(d) He was firing unauthorized ammunition.

3. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?
(a) The Nazis were incorruptible.
(b) The Nazis could be defeated.
(c) The Nazis were morally correct.
(d) The Nazis were unconquerable.

4. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?
(a) Dropping bombs on Honolulu.
(b) Believing they were Japanese spies.
(c) Firing short-range weapons at Japanese airplanes.
(d) Confusing them with Japanese army personnel.

5. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?
(a) It was a terrifying nightmare.
(b) It was a good learning experience.
(c) It went by without her notice.
(d) It was an exciting adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a dogfight?

2. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?

3. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?

4. What did American soldiers do on the streets of Japan that was considered bad manners?

5. What was a victory girl?

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